christmas time!!!

We had a great Christmas here at home. At times it was a little overwhelming, but overall Luke had a wonderful time. We had a full house with Grammy, Auntie Leigh, Mur and King visiting us. Luke had so much fun with everyone, especially now that he remembers who people are. He was definitely looking around the house for friends after they left.
Santa was very good to Luke (and to us all, really) and left Luke a broom, mop and duster to help Mommy around the house. He also received lots of puzzles and books (his favorites) as well as this neat climber/slide. At first he was unsure and would only go off head first on his tummy, but now Mr Daredevil is trying to run down the slide and step off, feet first!
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clean, clean, clean

Cinderella, Cinderella, night and day, it's Cinderella......

meal entertainment...

So one day we were cleaning out all the framed pictures that were still stored in the closet and they were left out on the dining room table. Well, once Luke caught sight of them, he was hooked. He has suddenly decided that while he eats, he must be entertained by pictures of all of his family. As you can see, they must all be spread around him so that he can point to all of them and wait for Mommy or Daddy to tell him who all these people are. Sometimes he gets upset if they are not just to his liking and will reach out and rearrange the frames until they are just so. It is hilarious!!!

thanksgiving

I was looking back and realized that my Thanksgiving post somehow did not save or something, so it is 2 weeks late. We spent Thanksgiving in Mobile with Mimi and Papaw and Auntie Beth--Uncle Brad is still in Texas and we missed him a lot. Luke had lots of fun exploring the yard and the house--sadly the horses down the street have been sold though. And we liked Aunt Beth's new place: Luke especially enjoyed taking books off her bookshelves. For Thanksgiving, Luke ate a little bit of everything, but the big hit of the trip for him was Mimi's oatmeal cookies she kept giving him!! This picture is of Papaw holding Luke up to the window to spy on Mimi in the kitchen--his look just says, "Are you sure you are not going to drop me?"